Climbed the NE ridge. Most of the snow had melted for the spring but a storm the day before my climb dumped 6 inches of fresh snow on the mountain. Beautiful but steep climb. I've seen this mountain my whole life but never climbed it until now.

Long hike in just west from the town of Oxford, there is a road that is gated at the base of the mountain. The road is public access as long as you stay on it. We walked in from the gate, round trip of apprx 8.6 miles round trip. Great views from the top.

Approached from the northwest from Cherry Creek Campground south of Downey. Went up the left fork of Cherry Creek Trail. No cows or ATVs in sight. Was a little longer than I've heard it described at 13.1 miles round trip. Wonderful weather with no clouds and a cooling breeze. Trail was pretty easy until you get near the top and quite a bit of tree cover as you are on the North slopes that hold more moisture. Met a grounp of scouts on top that had come up the New Canyon Trail up the west side of the mountain which looked much shorter than our approach. Beautiful views.

With the cows mooing and protesting our every step on the ridgeline walk, Dennis Poulin and I made the interesting hike.
It was a bit of a surprise that this mountain is such a neat one but very unknown. It is also well populated with cows which takes away some of the charm that you get from the views. The ridge would be a bad place to be in an electrical storm, very open and barren.

I known this mountain range all my life. I guess it is not known to other people. I started from Davis Basin and hiked the ridge to the top. There are several false summits along the way. Great weather and very windy the whole day. An enjoyable mountain climb.